Any Ideas for cool air inlet?

[dieselman29200]

Last fall I aquired a used hypermax turbo and I made the install myself. I made the intake out of some pvc and bought a k&n type air filter and thats what ive been running. It works well, but now that I turned up my i.p. (was 4 flats) I made a run up the longest hill around and my egts went to 1100 but the thing I did not like is the temp gage went way up to the a in normal. So I figure that getting some cooler outide air would help keep the temps down. I inquired about the hypermax air cleaner mount to be able to use the factory air cleaner and air inlet hose, they want $165.00 for it! Has anyone made there own cool air inlet? any pics? My only other option is to ask if anyone has a hypermax air cleaner mount they would be willing to part with? Any info would be helpful!

 

[dakotajeep]

This gets tons of attention. Do a search and you will find a lot of info.

Most guys fab some sort of ram air setup next to the radiator on the drivers side. This is what I have done and like it. I do need to make it more heat resistant though and put something around it to block engine bay heat!

Thad

 

[8v-of-fury]

You could use Aluminum dryer ducting. The shiny aluminum will resist the heat waves, and is also readily available at most hardware stores for cheap.

 

[dieselman29200]

The air intake I made is an open element type and I need to be able to enclose the filter so I can attach any type of ducting. What can I use to enclose the filter? That seems to be the hard part.

 

[8v-of-fury]

could make a cool box out of sheet metal? I dunno just throwin it out there lol

 

[ghunt]

If your engine temp is going up that has nothing to do with your intake...

Sounds to me like you have some sort of blockage in your coolant passagers or a sticking thermostat or something.

 

[Rawpower]

I always thought it would be cool to have a tractor type filter that came out of the hood, with the metal cap sticking up about 3"

Just get an old tractor filter & filter case thing, make a mount, cut a 7 or 8" hole bolt it in.

 

[dieselman29200]

The only time my temps went way up is when I had the pump turned up 4 flats, pulling a long steep grade. I turned down the pump 2 flats and now have reached only 800 egt's and my temp gage hasnt went up that high since. As far as my cooling system goes, I replaced the thermostat and the water pump. My coolant has been changed and my radiator looks clean inside. Im thinking that having the pump turned up 4 flats with having hot engine air being drawn in, that is not helping the egts any.